Was Cheney right then?

Question

In 1994, Cheney said "Once you got to Iraq and took it over, took down Saddam Hussein's government, then what are you going to put in its place? ... It's a quagmire if you go that far and try to take over Iraq. ... And the question for the president, in terms of whether or not we went on to Baghdad, took additional casualties in an effort to get Saddam Hussein, was how many additional dead Americans is Saddam worth? ... Our judgment was, not very many, and I think we got it right." ."

See him say it here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YENbElb5-xY

Then why did he get it so wrong now?

Youtube is not the source, CHENEY is the source. It is him speaking. Are you denying that is what he said?

There is zero evidence that Al Quaeda was in Iraq before we were there. What source do you have for that? 9/11 had nothing to do with the invasion of Iraq, even the Bush administration has said that.

"No, we've had no evidence that Saddam Hussein was involved with September the 11th," Bush said. "What the vice president said was is that he (Saddam) has been involved with al-Qaida.

"And al-Zarqawi, an al-Qaida operative, was in Baghdad. He's the guy that ordered the killing of a U.S. diplomat. ... There's no question that Saddam Hussein had al-Qaida ties."

Most of the administration's public assertions have focused on the man Bush mentioned, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, a senior Osama bin Laden associate whom officials have accused of trying to train terrorists in the use of poison for possible attacks in Europe, running a terrorist haven in northern Iraq -- an area outside Saddam's control -- and organizing an attack that killed an American aid executive in Jordan last year.

Security analysts, however, say al-Zarqawi made his way to Iraq, where his leg was amputated. . Unconfirmed reports claim he then visited northern Iraq, where a militant Islamic group affiliated with al-Qaida is encamped not far from the border with Iran.

The group, however, far from being an ally of Saddam, sought to replace his secular government with an Islamic regime.

Cheney was a private citizen in 1994. He was not in any administration. He was free to speak his mind.

Answer 1

youtube is not a credible source for anything?????

what a retarded blanket statement. Cheney says it right there in an interview.

Democrats are not any better but republicans are particularly evil and dumb.

Answer 2

I'm not disputing anything you say, as far as I know it is accurate. BUT those statements were made in 1994, times changed, and now Cheney is president. Perhaps he changed his mind. Perhaps he didn't make the decision to go to Iraq, and rather fell in line with administration policy. Maybe he lied in '94, maybe he thought he could have gone in, but having less power then he fell in line with his administration.

Answer 3

So I guess Neville Chamberlain in 1930's England was right when he said "We need to continue to Appease the Germans", and Bill Clinton was right when he didn't think Osama Bin Laden was bad enough to hold, after being ofered to us 3 times.
Things change my friend.

Answer 4

Cheney did not have the ability to speak his own mind in 1994 and he is in the same position on the Iraq issue. He says only what he is allowed to say so we have to judge the people who put the words in his mouth, not Cheney himself.

Answer 5

I've seen it . I've heard it. However,we're in it now, I've not heard the dems say anything constructive,except bashing and posturing. Today is the present. I will say the dems are excellent at bashing though. Very high marks for that.

Answer 6

*sigh* This was posted yesterday. If you didn't notice:

9/11 happened.
Al Quada (spelling) has migrated to Iraq and has been there before we were there.

Things change, ride the wave or GET THE F**K OFF THE RIDE PAL.

Answer 7

Youtube is not a credible source for anything.

Answer 8

He just couldn't pass up the golden opportunity to line his own pockets.

Answer 9

Money.

Look to the source where it came from.

Answer 10

One word - HALLIBURTON